Using reflective journals to enhance impoverished practicum placements: A case in teacher education in Ethiopia

Teaching Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-356

  Degago, Adinew Tadesse ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 36549036794     PISSN: 10476210     EISSN: 14701286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10476210701687633     Document Type: Article

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